SKU:

CS-CN-11-BK3PK

Condition:

New (compatible)

OEM Part #:

BCI-11

Color:

Black

Ink Type:

Dye

Page Yield:

About 135 pages per set

Chip:

No chip — optical ink sensor

Warranty:

Lifetime Warranty

Returns:

1 Year

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this set of 3 hold?

Three BCI-11 Black ink tanks, rated together at up to 135 pages — about 45 pages per tank. These are among the smallest ink tanks Canon ever shipped, made for the slimmest of its portable printers, and sold here as a triple at $14.99.

Which printers take the BCI-11 Black?

The five BJC portables on this set's verified list: the Canon BJC-35, Canon BJC-50, Canon BJC-55, Canon BJC-70 and Canon BJC-85. Note the overlap carefully — these models appear on several vintage sets, but each takes its specified tank; the BCI-11 is theirs, and the physically similar BCI-10 belongs to a different slot design in part of this same fleet.

Why is the rating only 45 pages a tank?

Because the tank is tiny by deliberate design. The BCI-11 serves printers built to disappear into a briefcase, where the supply was always meant to be swapped often and carried in multiples. Judged as a travel consumable rather than a desktop tank, 45 pages is a working trip's documents — and the set gives you three trips.

Who carries three spare black tanks?

Anyone whose printer earns its living away from home. The BJC portables survive in the hands of inspectors, auditors, sales engineers and journalists — people whose nearest office-supply store may be a flight away. Three small tanks weigh almost nothing and remove ink from the list of things that can end a working day.

How is a tank changed on these portables?

In the field, in a minute: cover open, spent tank out, fresh tank seated, cover closed. The mechanism was designed for hotel desks and passenger seats, and asks for nothing but a steady hand. Keep the protective seal on the new tank until the moment of the swap.

Do BCI-11 tanks report their level to the printer?

They cannot — this generation has no chips, and the printers have no gauges to feed. The ink announces itself the old way, by fading. Seasoned owners of these machines swap at the first sustained paleness and treat the set's spares as the level indicator they carry themselves.

How should the spares be kept?

Sealed, protected, and with the printer — in its case or a rigid pocket where the ink outlet cannot be pressed or dirtied. A wrapped BCI-11 is patient across years, which matters for machines that may print in bursts separated by long rests.

Who is responsible for these tanks?

Clever Supplies produces them as compatibles to the BCI-11 specification. For printers of this vintage, the compatible line is not the budget alternative to Canon's supply — increasingly, it is the supply. The price, $14.99 for three, reflects that role.

My BJC prints faintly even with a fresh tank. What then?

Run the printer's cleaning cycle once and print a test page. If the faintness survives a known-good tank, suspicion moves to the printhead, which on these models is a separate component with its own lifespan. The tank rules out the cheapest cause first — which is the correct order of operations.

What cover stands behind the set?

Each tank is covered individually by the Lifetime Warranty — a leak or a dud is replaced or refunded on its own merits. A 1-year returns window also applies to the order, modern protection for a legacy machine's ink.